Sheffield Neepsend
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1955
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::summary Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1955 ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sheffield Neepsend |
| parliament | uk |
| year | 1950 |
| abolished | 1955 |
| type | Borough |
| previous | Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Central and Sheffield Hillsborough |
| next | Sheffield Brightside and Sheffield Hillsborough |
| region | England |
| county | West Riding of Yorkshire |
| :: |
|name = Sheffield Neepsend |parliament = uk |map1 = |map2 = |map_entity = |map_year = |year = 1950 |abolished = 1955 |type = Borough |previous = Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Central and Sheffield Hillsborough |next = Sheffield Brightside and Sheffield Hillsborough |region = England |county = West Riding of Yorkshire
Sheffield Neepsend was a short-lived Parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield, England. The constituency was created in 1950 and abolished in 1955, presumably due to its low number of electors - never exceeding 50,000. It was one of the safest Labour Party seats, and this was why its first MP, Harry Morris, agreed to step down in order that Government Minister Frank Soskice could gain a seat in the Commons in the 1950 by-election.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Neepsend, St Peter's, and St Phillip's.
Members of Parliament
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| Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 1950 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 1950 by-election | |
| 1951 | ||
| 1955 | constituency abolished | |
| :: |
Election results
Elections in the 1950s
|title=General election 1950: Sheffield Neepsend |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Harry Morris |votes = 30,317 |percentage = 72.8 |change = |party = Conservative and National Liberal |candidate = A. M. Cook |votes = 11,311 |percentage = 27.2 |change = |votes = 19.006 |percentage = 45.6 |change = |votes = 41,638 |percentage = 83.8 |change = |winner = Labour Party (UK) |title=1950 Sheffield Neepsend by-election: Sheffield Neepsend |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Frank Soskice |votes = 22,080 |percentage = 70.8 |change = −2.0 |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = John Philip Hunt |votes = 8,365 |percentage = 26.8 |change = −0.4 |party = Communist Party of Great Britain |candidate = Bill Moore |votes = 729 |percentage = 2.4 |change = New |votes = 13,715 |percentage = 44.0 |change = −1.6 |votes = 31,174 |percentage = 55.1 |change = -28.7 |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = −0.8 |title=General election 1951: Sheffield Neepsend |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Frank Soskice |votes = 28,880 |percentage = 73.1 |change = +0.3 |party = Conservative and National Liberal |candidate = Arthur Stobbs |votes = 10,655 |percentage = 26.9 |change = -0.3 |votes = 18,225 |percentage = 46.2 |change = +0.6 |votes = 39,535 |percentage = 79.5 |change = -4.3 |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +0.3
Sources
- Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (1951 election results)
- British Parliamentary By Elections
- Sheffield General Election Results 1945 - 2001, Sheffield City Council
References
References
- (1950). "The Times' Guide to the House of Commons".
- (1951). "The Times' Guide to the House of Commons".
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